Here is a great article from the NY Times about how a former Wall Street worker has an epiphany about how many teachers are not paid commensurate with the workloads they bear. Too bad it actually takes people actually trying to do the job to realize this. The simple reason why there is a teacher… Read More

Many ordinary people have become millionaires — and multimillionaires — though. Even schoolteachers. Here’s a look at two teachers who managed to retire early, with a million dollars. Although, I don’t think that having a million dollars is enough to retire on nowadays, this is still quite an accomplishment for these young teachers. I would recommend that they stick it… Read More

If you’re a HS or MS teacher please thank the teachers in the grades below you because you are essentially standing on their shoulders. All the little things like raising one’s hand, walking properly in the halls, keeping hands to one’s self, not talking when the teacher is talking, and of course the curriculum, etc.,… Read More

What is the most important election if you are a public educator? Hopefully, you answered school board elections and their associated budget votes. This year they occur on Tuesday, May 18th. The school board members that you elect set the policies that shape your profession and the terms and conditions of your contract. If your school budget… Read More

We should not use the news to affirm our beliefs but instead to inform us. We should use it to be educated, not validated.   If you want to put the money that you do make to work for you just contact me.… Read More

  I hope your school district does not take you for granted as many do.  If you feel taken for granted, it’s because no other profession interacts with the public like teachers.  They interact with children and parents for up to 14 years (pre-k – 12th grade) on a continuous basis. This is the main… Read More

How can employment be so high in countries with lots of “job-killing” taxes? The answer is that taxes don’t visibly kill jobs — but lack of child care does. Parents in many rich countries are able to take paid work because they have access to safe, affordable child care; in the United States such care… Read More

“To win that competition for the future, we also need to make a once-in-a-generation investment in our families – in our children.” – President Biden last night. What the Dems should do is drill the word investment into the brains of the electorate. They need to say this over and over again and over again.… Read More

Here is the link to America’s finest educational expert and her blog. Always read Diane Ravitch before reading any other educational “expert”.  What makes her so great is her actual experience and she worked under both Republican and Democratic adminstrations. She was initially for standards based educational reform until it led to the creation of… Read More

Have you noticed what the SAT test prep and youth sports culture have in common? They both have their hands out taking your money with the promise that your kid is going to be a better athlete or achieve a higher test score in order to get into a better college. They do this by… Read More

A self-hater is someone who can’t believe that they make a decent salary for the work that they do.  You know that type of person.  They frequently say, “I can’t believe that I make over $100,000 teaching and I will actually have a pension when I retire”.  Don’t fall into this trap, unless you’re driving… Read More

Most of us love Amazon but I don’t think many of us would like to work under its conditions. I guess I am a bit of a hypocrite because the biggest holding in my portfolio is Amazon (not touting the stock – just saying). The only reason I could afford to buy Amazon stock was… Read More